Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-04-14
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS.
WHOLLY A DAKoTIAS.
That Is What Governor Church Claims to be From
the Grouud lin.

That Is What Governor Church Clsims to be From
the Ground Up.
81 am a Dakotian IRON the ground up,
now" he said, land shall Innkei IL my home.
All my interests are there, andI look upon
its resources and possibilities as sufficient
to tempt any man in the prime oil lie, with
his fortune yet before him. | have been
living at Huron. where l have invested in
a house and quite a number oil town lots,
aud where my family have spent the win
ter. | look upon Huron as a town with
a future before il. It has built itself up ny
energy and enterprise, although II has not
syen the encouragement Of two competing
lines OF roads. Its situation as to drinage
is unparalleled. / think it bids fair to be-
come the principal city Of Central Dakota.
[ am going to move my family, however,
to Bismarck. ! found that my duties de.
manded my costant presence there, and 1
OF course can't be separated from
my family. From all indications
when l left the territory |
think it in on the edge of a boom this year
that must forever put it's future beyond a
question. Cities like Huron, Mitchell,
Yankton, Waterfowl and Sioux Falls
have begun to experience an improved CON
dition OF affairs already, and there is eyery
prospect for Improvement n growth OF
business at Bismarck. With my experience
as governor to this time ! have reason, in
the main, to be very well satisfied.
Considering it's opposing political com
.plexion, l don't think any gov
ernor has enjoyed any pleasanter
relations with the legislative branch oil the
territorial government than myself. My
relations with both branches are OF a pleas
ant, / might say almost a confidential
character. Our minor difficulties were got
ten over with ease, and we parted at the
close OF the session thoroughly good friends.
The legislature has been criticised as an
e~xtravagant one. ] gave thorough consid-
Grafton to every bill before | signed II,
and | am free to say that | don'tthink the
criticism just. One OF our chief increases
OF expenditures is for the maintenance OF
the institutions, and / looked into these
myself. Our insane asylums are crowded,
and our growing population must insure q
not even comfortably maintained, and |
don't think the appropriations contain a
dollar more than will be honestly needed.
IL is a mistake to assert that these appro-
priations will grow yearly in an ~extravagant
ratio. There will be a natural in
crease, to be sure, as the territory grows,
but our assessed valuation is also growing
and our rate of taxation will be in no way
increased. Indeed, | look to see it reduced
il the legislature is no more extravaganza in
the future Than it has been in the past. 1t
is true I have been criticised, but that /
must expect. A misunderstanding Of facts
viii frequently precipitate unjust criticism,
and | find frequently willful misrepresen-
~tation; but l care nothing for it. /
have, it is true, been charged with splitting
the Democratic party in Dakota; but /
think / can stand that criticism. ] am
confident that IL careful scrutiny be given
the affairs of the party it will be found in
as good condition as ever. There are, /
ave been assured, no serious disagree
ments on my account, and between myself
and the local leaders there is iull accord
and excellent understanding"
Governor, will you kindly voice your
sentiment on the QUESTION of territorial
home rule? Are you in favor OF filling the
offices there with residents OF the territory,
or gentlemen from abroad?"
81 am emphatically in favor OF filling
every local Office by the appointment OF a
resident of the territory. That principle
i believe in thoroughly, ana shall enunciate
it whenever l can to the advantage OF the
territory"
Gov. Church is greatly disappointed that
congress made no provision for the ad-
d%itional judges for the territory. He points
out the overloaded dockets in every district
as IL strong argument, and cites his own
experience in the fifth district, which, he
says, is the most thickly populated and the
heaviest OF any in the territory, to show
the necessity for immediate legislation in
this direction.